08-04-2016, 11:52 AM
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Originally posted by shockwave rider
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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
After all, all of Europe hasn't banned geothermal, but they have GMO products, and for good reason.
I thought I would just add, that although Hawaii papaya farmers are growing a legal GMO crop under Hawaii County statutes, they still need to confront not only the ban of their product around the world which you state is "for good reason," they must also contend with the Kamali'i-Kapoho Chapter of the GMO Philosophers Society and their nighttime meetings, which include attacking the papaya fields of small farmers with machetes to hack down acres of trees. The farmers then find it necessary to respond to a few hours of criminal vigilantism with months of overtime work just to get their fields back to where they had been, with no income, as they have no papayas to sell from the destroyed crop.
The moon kind of surprises me sometimes. I’ll be out at night and I’ll see a nice moon, and say, “Hey, that looks good.” Then I’ll say, “Oh sh-t, I went up there one time!” Kind of surprises me. It’s like there are two Moons, you know—the one that’s usually around, and then that one. - Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut
This is pure speculation, there has been no specific evidence of the motivation for the papaya hacking, at the time the police said it may have been a personal beef between growers OR GMO hacktivists. Generally ecosabateurs rush to claim credit for their actions. That did not happen here.
It is irresponsible and inflammatory speculation.
The papaya farmer attacked indicated that it was "due to jealousy" by others for his success, as in other papaya farmers. And, there were stories about gambling debts.